This week’s roundup brings you the latest from the food and beverage industry.

First, Food Quality & Safety Magazine shares 5 tips for reducing foodborne illness under FSMA standards. Then, we take a look at how investing in a food safety system is a smarter long-term investment than risking recall. Finally, EtQ’s Tim Lozier looks at the future of predictive analytics for compliance management in the food and beverage industry.

Most foodborne illnesses can easily be prevented if preparers paid a little more attention to food safety and sanitation. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) calls for a shift in focus from responding contamination to preventing it.

Valigra names five sanitation tips to help reduce foodborne illness in food service and retail, including:

With FSMA deadlines approaching, organizations are overhauling their systems to meet new standards about contamination prevention and recall management. But for some organizations, this can be a costly burden.

This article explains the long-term financial benefits of investing in an up to date food safety system, as opposed to paying the costs of a recall.

Read the article here to learn the full benefits of investing in a traceable, updated food safety system.

What Will Predictive Analytics Mean for Compliance Management in Food and Drink?Author: Tim Lozier via the EtQ Blog

Predictive analytics has already been proven helpful in marketing and sales efforts for food and beverage organizations, but recently they have looked into how to use it for proactive risk management purposes.

This post gives background into how predictive analytics could help better identify and manage risk, with some key takeaways:

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